Police who Tasered one-legged man, 92, 'may have contributed to death'
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Police who pepper-sprayed pensioner, 92, over butter knife 'may have contributed to his death'
Police officers who pepper-sprayed and tasered a 92-year-old disabled pensioner over a butter knife may have contributed to his death, an inquest has been told. On June 21, 2022, police raced to Park Beck Residential Care Home in East Sussex after Donald Burgess, an amputee and dementia patient, flicked his food at a healthcare worker and refused to put down the dull blade. PC Stephen Smith, 51, and PC Rachel Comotto, 34, had "shouted" at the pe…
An inquest into the death of a 92-year-old man with dementia in a care home in the UK has found that two police officers used excessive force and unnecessarily agitated the man. They used a stun gun, a baton and pepper spray against the man, who died shortly afterwards. The British newspaper The Daily Star reports this. An inquest into the cause of death of 92-year-old Donald Burgess has found that the violence against him by two police officers…
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